VMworld 2014 Session Voting Is Open!
I can’t believe it’s that time of year again. VMware has opened up the public voting for the VMworld 2014...
2014-05-06
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Datatypes In Your Mind–Question Of The Day
My latest question Datatypes In Your Mind is live today and it’s generated quite the discussion. I wrote here about...
2014-05-06
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Hadoop and Data Warehouses
I see a lot of confusion when it comes to Hadoop and its role in a data warehouse solution. Hadoop should...
2014-05-12 (first published: 2014-05-06)
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Filetable–Moving files programmatically
I’ve been playing with Filetable and I was asked an interesting question. Can I move files to a folder programmatically?
It’s...
2014-05-06
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SQL Server Debugging with WinDbg – an Introduction
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan – you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2014-05-13 (first published: 2014-05-05)
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SQLSaturday #305 Business Analytics Edition Dallas–RECAP
So, I am flying home thinking about the event Saturday and many things are running through my head. No, not...
2014-05-05
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SQLServerCentral Editorial: Better, Faster, and Cheaper
Better, Faster, and Cheaper was published today and I hope you’ll read it, and then challenge your own assumptions for...
2014-05-05
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #82
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-05-05
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Applied SQL: Orphan a user, fix orphaned users (sp_FixOrphanedUsers)
Ever heard of orphaned users? It’s a database user account, disconnected from its associated login. You typically get this when...
2014-05-05
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Cumulative Update – 12 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 12th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the...
2014-05-05
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Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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advice on ssrs version control
Hi we're a bit behind on versioning ssrs. I think we have over 1600...
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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